PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smithers
Apex is proud to announce that registration is now open for the Phosphor
Global Summit, taking place March 18-20, 2013. The Sheraton New
Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana will host the 11th annual edition of
the conference featuring contributions from members of the entire
industry supply chain, completing the circle from research and raw
material to end user.

“The agenda
this year has more sessions, and more speakers than we have ever had
before! We have new sessions on the hottest phosphor industry topics
like photovoltaic devices, quantum dots, and phosphors for OLED’s and
emissive displays,” said Barbara Fowler, Conference Director at Smithers
Apex. Key players in the industry are already confirmed to present at
the Phosphor Global Summit 2013 including Toshiba, 3M, Department of
Energy, Mitsubishi, Dow, Siemens, Hamamatsu Photonics, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and National
Institute for Materials Science (NIMS).

This is a niche gathering designed to allow industrial and academic
research staff and the customer users of phosphors to collaborate,
network, and share ideas. Phosphor
Global Summit will feature several distinguished research
universities such as Columbia University, Brown University, Delft
University of Technology, Ghent University, Vilnius University,
University of Canterbury, University of Victoria, and Korea University
and more will spur discussions for the future
of phosphors.

Smithers Apex, formerly known as IntertechPira, is a global business
that provides events, market research, publications and strategic and
technical consulting to an expanding list of niche, emerging and high
growth industries, including home and personal care; lighting, imaging
and displays; plastic electronics and alternative energy.For
more information about Smithers Apex, please visit www.smithersapex.com.